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Shohin
In May of 2020 I pulled up some Virginia Creeper, which grows everywhere near me. There was really nothing special about this particular specimen, but I put it in a little training pot. 
A month later I wired it out mostly for wiring practice.
Apparently some time between then and winter I put it into a deeper pot, removed the wire, and put grafting tape around the trunks to try and get them to fuse. Clearly, lots of indecision that year plus I was still brand new to the hobby. Good thing these are so tough!
Here it is at the end of march, 2021.
I left it to grow the entirety of 2021 and let an escape root go unchecked. In March of 2022 I brought it to a Kaikou School class to repot. I took that grafting tape off to see what had happened. The image below is post-repot. The trunks were starting to fuse.
A month later on April 25th, 2022.
End of may:
Here it is in early summer 2023. I did not trim it at all this year, just let it grow.
And here it is last week. It's a gnarly little thing and I know the branches are wild and crossing but I sort of like it, plus I'm not sure where to take it from here. Suggestions welcome.
It needs repotting next spring and very much dislike the pot it's in now. It's a little unstable when it's in full canopy, so perhaps a larger pot and maybe a hair deeper. Any suggestions?
A month later I wired it out mostly for wiring practice.
Apparently some time between then and winter I put it into a deeper pot, removed the wire, and put grafting tape around the trunks to try and get them to fuse. Clearly, lots of indecision that year plus I was still brand new to the hobby. Good thing these are so tough!
Here it is at the end of march, 2021.
I left it to grow the entirety of 2021 and let an escape root go unchecked. In March of 2022 I brought it to a Kaikou School class to repot. I took that grafting tape off to see what had happened. The image below is post-repot. The trunks were starting to fuse.
A month later on April 25th, 2022.
End of may:
Here it is in early summer 2023. I did not trim it at all this year, just let it grow.
And here it is last week. It's a gnarly little thing and I know the branches are wild and crossing but I sort of like it, plus I'm not sure where to take it from here. Suggestions welcome.
It needs repotting next spring and very much dislike the pot it's in now. It's a little unstable when it's in full canopy, so perhaps a larger pot and maybe a hair deeper. Any suggestions?
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